Multi-platform experiments in the SouthWest Mediterranean Sea to study fine-scale ocean vertical exchanges: anticipating SWOT launch

Ananda Pascual1, Simon Ruiz1, Amala Mahadevan2, J. Thomas Farrar3, Mara Freilich4, Pierre Chabert5, Laura Gómez-Navarro6, John Allen7, Joaquin Tintore1,7 and Francesco d'Ovidio8, (1)IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), Marine Technologies, Operational Oceanography and Sustainability, Esporles, Spain, (2)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (3)WHOI, Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (4)MIT- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Joint Program in Oceanography, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (5)IMEDEA(CSIC-UIB), Spain, (6)IMEDEA(CSIC-UIB), Illes Balears, Spain, (7)SOCIB, Palma, Spain, (8)LOCEAN, Paris, France